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Title	Author	Type	Date	Words
Bilateral optical power meter comparison between NIST and CENAM.	Vayshenker, I.; Li, X.; Livigni, D.J.; Lehman, J.H.; Bermudez, J.C.; Molina, J.C.; Ruiz, Z.E.		Jul 1, 2008	1909
Researching the unit: an activity to visualise the unit: Tim Jacobbe identifies some of the common errors students make when selecting and using units to measure area and perimeter.	Jacobbe, Tim	Report	Jun 22, 2008	2199
Reference notes.		Work overview	Mar 1, 2008	359
Surface data tables.		Brief article	Mar 1, 2008	178
Upper air data tables.		Brief article	Mar 1, 2008	104
History of Science and technology.			Jan 1, 2008	1100
Defining accuracy and precision.	Rodrigues, George	Reprint	Aug 1, 2007	1502
Metric--measure for measure.			May 1, 2007	379
Measurements.		Brief article	Jan 1, 2007	139
Metrics for knowledge-based project organizations.	Patton, John R.		Jan 1, 2007	6437
"Metric-Only" requirements could impact transatlantic business: U.S. and EU industry groups organize opposition.	Mayberry, Peter; Franken, Jessica		Nov 1, 2006	1112
Pouring, pouring, pouring!	de Mestre, Neville		Sep 22, 2006	1073
How a trillion stacks up.			Mar 13, 2006	74
Measuring the hardness of minerals: Jessica Bushby shares her newly acquired knowledge of a 200 year-old measurement scale still in use today.	Bushby, Jessica		Jun 22, 2005	1267
Sorting out ANSI, ISO inserts.	Rose, Steve		Feb 1, 2005	557
Illumina.		Brief Article	Nov 15, 2004	31
The Saffir-Simpson scale.			Aug 1, 2004	638
The Fujita scale.		Illustration	Aug 1, 2004	227
Two primary standards for low flows of gases.	Tison, Stuart A.		Jul 1, 2004	8527
Metric conversion chart.		Illustration	Oct 1, 2002	945
NIST produces two new wavelength calibration standards for the wavelength division multiplexing L-band. (Standard Reference Materials).		Brief Article	Jul 1, 2002	324
European superstate in the making: over the course of half a century, the architects of the European Union's various incarnations have lied to conceal their true goal of a socialist regional superstate. (Cover Story: Regional Government).	Jasper, William F.	Brief Article	May 6, 2002	3307
Through measurement to knowledge: the inaugural lecture of Heike Kamerlingh Onnes (1882).	Laesecke, Arno		May 1, 2002	13328
A knowledge-navigation system for dimensional metrology.	Moncarz, Howard T.		Mar 1, 2002	7705
Improved radiometric standards lead to high-accuracy measurements. (News Briefs).		Brief Article	Jan 1, 2002	165
NIST publishes 2001 Edition of SP 330. (News Briefs).		Brief Article	Jan 1, 2002	227
NIST measurement is adapted to meet telecommunications industry needs. (News Briefs).			Jan 1, 2002	152
Breakthrough in sub-10 nm nanofabrication in silicon. (News Briefs).		Brief Article	Jan 1, 2002	124
Be a meter leader.	Asimov, Isaac		Dec 1, 2001	477
NIST offers online metrology resource for electronics manufacturers. (News Briefs).		Brief Article	Sep 1, 2001	196
Interoperability testing tools for metrology equipment successfully demonstrated.		Brief Article	Sep 1, 2001	223
A British court.	Oliver, Charles	Brief Article	Jul 1, 2001	42
PRELIMINARY COMPARISON RESULTS OF Nano3 LINE SCALES SHIPPED.		Brief Article	May 1, 2001	161
The meter's running. (Tooling Around).	McKenna, Joseph F.	Editorial	May 1, 2001	650
NIST HOSTS TRAINING SESSION ON MEASUREnet-GOV SYSTEM.		Brief Article	Mar 1, 2001	189
NIST mechanisms for disseminating measurements.	Trahey, N.M.		Jan 1, 2001	16475
Data gathering in fast forward.	James, Phil	Brief Article	Aug 1, 2000	614
The Road Ahead.		Brief Article	Apr 1, 2000	527
A step closer to an atomic-based kilogram?	Weiss, Peter Ulrich	Brief Article	Sep 26, 1998	447
Peak displacement analysis: new metrology tool automates dimensional inspection of interrupted surfaces.	Palmer, Kelvin M.		Feb 1, 1996	803
Metric conversion.		Column	Mar 1, 1995	839
Bearing down on the kilogram standard.	Cowen, Ron	Brief Article	Jan 28, 1995	521
Real scientists measure metric.	Mills, Melinda	Cover Story	Sep 17, 1993	221
Tidying up the kilogram.	Peterson, Ivars	Brief Article	Apr 24, 1993	439
Taking the right measures.	Rogers, Beth		Aug 1, 1992	1858
From dollars to deutsche marks.	O'Toole, Larry		Jul 1, 1991	1286
Leaping into the '90s with new constants.			Jan 13, 1990	601